Bringing in the dough
01-Apr-2007
Alison Baker looks at ideas for improving your pub's bread offer The days when bread was considered just an extra to a meal are long gone. Pub chefs...
Openings
01-Apr-2007
Westbridge Public House & Dining Rooms Battersea, south-west London, 0207 228 6482 Who: Charlie McVeigh and Adam Simmons. Charlie used to own the...
Good month bad month
01-Apr-2007
Good month for JD Wetherspoon: The managed operator has received a Good Egg award from Compassion in World Farming. The award recognises the fact...
Win a chance to BBQ in the USA
01-Apr-2007
Don't miss your chance to enter PubChef's Battle of the Barbecues competition. With the smoking ban just around the corner, al fresco dining is on...
30-Mar-2007 By The PMA Team
Analyst says Mitchells & Butlers could follow Tesco by creating a joint venture property company but avoiding conversion to a real estate investment trust (Reit)
Desmond Bloom enters the pub market
30-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
Desmond Bloom, former chairman and managing director of property group Premier Land, has formed a new venture, Equable Properties, and acquired ten...
What the papers say - March 30, 2007
30-Mar-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
ITV and Setanta Sports have won the rights to broadcast the FA Cup and England's home international football matches, according to reports - The...
29-Mar-2007 By The PMA Team
Managed chain JD Wetherspoon has reported that requests from police to introduce polycarbonate glasses have been coming in "thick and fast" in the...
Project update 2: Eye to eye
29-Mar-2007
A LOT of pubs would benefit if the people in charge could only stand back and take a fresh look at the way they run the business. Unfortunately few...
Project update 2: Confidence is building
29-Mar-2007
WINNING FOOTBALL matches is a confidence game - the more the team wins, the better they play. Just look at the England football team which is proving...
Project update 2: Speculate to accumulate
29-Mar-2007
LIKE MANY licensees, Aaron Lynn is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Our community pub, the Forester Arms in Broseley, Shropshire, needs more...
Bringing the inside out
29-Mar-2007
Licensees need to order their garden equipment now if they're planning changes ahead of the smoke ban. Andrew Burnyeat reports on the options A small...
Keeping it English
29-Mar-2007
St George's Day celebrations are an ideal opportunity to boost food sales and attract new customers to your pub. Lucy Britner reports If you're...
GK's supermarket approach
29-Mar-2007
Major changes announced by Greene King (GK) this week are fascinating because they revolve around two key issues for the industry's future. Firstly,...
MyShout
29-Mar-2007
Pubs are under increasing attack and Peter Linacre believes it's up to the trade to organise and take action Attack, attack attack - that seems to be...
On and off seek responsible solution
29-Mar-2007
Last week, the Morning Advertiser and its sister publication, Off Licence News, held their second all-day conference on the subject of Responsible...
InBrief
29-Mar-2007
BII offers better insurance deal The British Institute of Innkeeping is offering its members improved insurance benefits. The new package, via...
BarTalk
29-Mar-2007
Should England manager Steve McClaren go? Alan Dreja Royal Oak Southhampton Hampshire "I don't think much of him, but I don't think he should go....
NewsDigest
29-Mar-2007
Bernard Brindley has sold the leasehold of his Warwickshire pub, the White Lion in Pailton, and is retiring after 42 years in the trade. No details...
Carl May's business plan for the Forester Arms
28-Mar-2007
Owner: Aaron LynnDate of visit:Wednesday 14th March 2007 Objectives of visit:To get a first hand impression of the business, to discuss the...
La Tasca agrees £96m bid from Tragus
28-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
La Tasca's restaurant brand is set for an investment bonanza following an agreed bid for the company from Tragus, the owner of Café Rouge and Bella...
Capex sets Marston's for the ban
28-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
Marston's says it doesn't expect to spend "much more" on facilities for its smoking customers than the near-£20m it has already shelled out on its...
Licensee calls for tougher action on fake IDs
28-Mar-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
A licensee who seized fake IDs from under-age drinkers in his pub has slammed the local police for failing to act. Keith Bannister, who is licensee...
Admiral Taverns launches pub food website
28-Mar-2007
Admiral Taverns has launched a dedicated website to help its licensees develop the food side of their businesses.The expanding tenanted and leased...
28-Mar-2007
Midlands brewer and pub operator announces trading statement
Save our historic pubs says author
28-Mar-2007
An urgent call has been issued to safeguard the future of Scotland's historic pubs. A new book, Scotland's True Heritage Pubs, says there are about...
27-Mar-2007 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Shepherd Neame unveils like-for-like sales growth of 4.8% in its managed pub business for the six months to 30 December 2006.
Wessex sells 28 pubs to Ladhar Group
27-Mar-2007
The Ladhar Group claims it is now the biggest pub and club operator in the North East after buying 28 pubs from Wessex Taverns.The group, which...
What the daily papers say - March 27, 2007
27-Mar-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Greene King said yesterday that it is to split its managed pub operation into two, a move which will see the departure of Mark Angela, the current...
27-Mar-2007 By Iain O'Neil
ALMR boss concerned about pubs near border losing custom to England after next week's smoking ban
26-Mar-2007
Greene King announces major re-organisation of its managed pubs and the departure of Mark Angela
To sell or not to sell...
26-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
The pub sector was gripped by speculation last week that Punch Taverns was looking to sell off up to 10 per cent of its estate in the run up to the...
Greene King gets it in the neck
26-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
I'm sure I wasn't the only one who read the piece in The Guardian's G2 section last week on Greene King and one of its pubs, the Lewes Arms in Lewes,...
Greene King boss outlines managed plans
26-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
Greene King's new-look managed pub business is designed to focus the appeal of its pubs and create what chief executive Rooney Anand says is a...
Greene King splits managed pub business
26-Mar-2007 By Hamish Champ
Jonathan Webster, former boss of Hardys & Hansons, is to assume a managing director role in one of Greene King's new managed pub businesses.In a...
What the daily papers say - March 26, 2007
26-Mar-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Scotland's smoking ban has been hailed as the most important development in public health for a generation, as research predicts up to 22,000 people...
26-Mar-2007
Some Welsh pubs will continue to allow smoking after the ban starts on April 2. According to Wales on Sunday some licensees will ignore the ban -...
What the Sunday papers said...
25-Mar-2007
The Independent On Sunday painted a mixed picture for the prospects of the English and Welsh pub sectors after the smoking bans come into effect in...
Finance Focus: financial check-ups
23-Mar-2007
Do you need a financial makeover? You might have systems in place to manage your money but how do you know whether they are working efficiently?...
Finance Focus: Are you properly insured?
23-Mar-2007
One in five businesses suffer a major disruption every year. A fire, flood, burglary or other major event will have a catastrophic impact -...
Finance Focus: managing your money
23-Mar-2007
Even if you are experienced in the licensed trade, as a pub manager or behind the bar, taking on a pub of your own, a tenancy or lease, is a big...
What the papers say - March 23, 2007
23-Mar-2007 By Gareth Iacobucci
Greene King gets a roasting from Lewes pub goers over the removal of Harvey's beers from their favourite local, The Lewes Arms - GuardianA third of...
The waiting starts at Chef & Brewer
23-Mar-2007
Spirit Group is to offer table service at all 133 of its Chef & Brewer destination food pubs.Following a successful trial of waiting at table,...
Cheers, landlord!
22-Mar-2007
IT'S NOT every day that when someone has the opportunity to invite anyone in the world on a VIP trip to a rugby international that they invite their...
What the papers say - Thursday, March 22
22-Mar-2007
Chancellor Gordon Brown announced a 1p rise on beer duty, a 5p rise on a bottle of wine, 7p rise on sparkling wine, cider to rise by 1p a litre and a...
Marston's prepares to steam clean its Welsh pubs
22-Mar-2007
Licensees in Wales are preparing to push a new broom through their pubs when the smoking ban comes in next week.With the legislation due to be...
Grogan: "great thrill" to be first Proud winner
22-Mar-2007
Labour MP John Grogan described it as "a great thrill" to be handed the first ever Proud of Pubs Award at The Publican Awards.The chair of the...
Probably the best stadium in the world
22-Mar-2007
England's most-capped player Peter Shilton helped to celebrate the new Wembley Stadium on behalf of founding partner Carlsberg by pouring the...
Flying Thai high
22-Mar-2007
Famed for producing the Oakham Ales brand, the Brewery Tap in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, has also made a major success of its Thai menu. Owner...
Your friends in the north
22-Mar-2007
Northern Restaurant & Bar Show promises the biggest showcase of regional food, drink and business operators ever assembled. As the trade prepares...
